The Impossible Year

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  • Birthday Party, 20 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Beth Ann and Katie turned our living room into a faux concert venue and threw a dance party for my birthday.

  • Foil Fringe, 22 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We kept the birthday decorations up and I particularly liked this gold foil fringe hanging in the hallway.

  • ComEd Construction, 19 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   The day before my birthday ComEd began jackhammering and ripping up the street in front of our house without any warning.

  • Beginning to Look A Lot Like a Pandemic, 18 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Caught this masked holiday window display while running some errands and it hit me as surreal.

  • Lazy Day, 17 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   There was something wonderful about the way the light was coming through the window and Marla just laid there basking in it.

  • Pottery Tools, 16 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Beth Ann has taken to hand-building and carving pottery while we watch television.

  • Dinner and a Beer, 14 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   A little while back, before numbers skyrocketed again, we took a quick trip over the Wisconsin border to visit the Mars Cheese Castle. While there I discovered they sell beers from Ohio’s Rhinegeist Brewery, which have not come to the Chicago market yet. …

  • Marla, 13 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   I’ve been having some continuing flash issues with my favorite old camera so that is causing exposure and color issues, but here is a shot of our freshly groomed dog. We remark that she looks like we traded her in for a new one every…

  • Window Plants, 12 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Came out blurry because the flash didn’t fire for some unknown reason, but here you can see the ever growing batch of window plants that Beth Ann has accrued. Had the image turned out as intended you would have seen an interesting sugar skull…

  • Greenview and Pensacola, 9 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We had a beautiful breezy day here in the city and I shot this photo while walking the dog. You can barely see it, but below the sign there are a number of leaf collection bags that Graceland West Community Association collected. as…